THE IDEAL HOME.

Hokitika Guardian, 3 May 1929, Page 8

THE IDEAL HOME.

LONDON, March 10. “Making life easier, to live.” That is the message which the Daily Mail Idea; Home Exhibition lias for Air. Alfred llnssom, the architect, who visited Olympia recently. “The first impression that one obtained. was that the exhibition was supplying a great need by calling attention to the pro-si! !-; labour-aiding devices that can make living within the home a little tasici for the. housewife.” He added: There is almost no detail in the mechanical running of a house that is not on exhibition. Those various devices, if incorporated in a new house, would not only -ononomi.se space and case work hut they would also reduce the cost of running the house. That is not a paradox. I noticed many little fittings that served a dual purpose-or could he made to disappear into the wall. This ail gives extra living space, and, as wo like good-sized rooms, these gadgets mean that we can get them while having less actual space enclosed in brick walls. Every few feet so reduced meansa. saving in cost. H lUT DISTRIBUTION. One also felt the advantages of the heating arrangements that were suggested, for it is safe to say that half the indispositions wo suffer from during our lour had months are due to minor ailments, such as coughs, colds, toothache and earache which could be materially eliminated by the introduction of some system of even heat distribution. ' Younger people, are looking lor amusement—not for hard work inside a house, as their mothers expected—and consequently the adoption of these lab-our-saving devices is going to make home more attractive, and, I belie ve, to a considerable extent , bring hack the old love that used to exist for it. One felt that Ideal Home Exhibition is doing- so much to assist this. The washing of clothes, the handling of the lighting, and the provision ol heat are things which the housewih should take info consideration so that j the actual time spent in running a ; house is reduced to a minimum. One was impressed by the fact that l at the Ideal Holhe Exhibition thus. | labour-saving ideas were so dosignci ■ that they could he fitted hack into tin wall without in any way destroyin' | the space available for use in tin house. j ENCOURAGING THE INVENTOR. I The exhibition can also he used t* | help our housing problem, as it very j forcibly calls attention to what can Ire done—and what very often is not done j .in the way of putting practical economies into operation. Year by year these exhibitions not only stimulate trade, but also encourage the inventor to bring forward nej\ thoughts. Tn addition, they tend t j make the home near to our conception of the ideal homo instead of a more I reproduction of something which, for j good or ill, we have done witli—that ! is, the home of the past.